RIDGECREST — For the three years, the Burroughs softball team has found itself in second place at the end of the season.

Not anymore.

The Burros are now Desert Sky League champions for the first time since the 2005-2006 season.

The Burros won at least a share of the DSL championship in style with a huge, walk-off, two-run home run by Bailey Walters to beat Victor Valley 12-2 in five innings Friday at Leroy Jackson Park.

"It felt great to get that last hit because I didn't feel good about my first two at bats," Walters said. "I was glad that I could come through for the team and just help out. The team did a good job of scoring runs before that home run, so I'm glad I could help out."

The Burros all met at home plate to celebrate the end-of-the-season win, which guaranteed the Burros were at the very least DSL co-champions. Silverado has to win the rest of its games to split the title. Even if the Hawks win the rest of their games, Burroughs holds the tiebreaker between the two teams, by sweeping Silverado during regular-season play and will get the No. 1 seed from the DSL for the playoffs.

Senior center fielder Alyssa Gaska has been waiting for the DSL championship moment for a long time. She has been a member of the varsity team for four years, so the win against Victor Valley was a big moment for her.

The Burros got things going in the second inning. Victoria Placencia doubled to start off the inning. Kianna Davis moved Placencia to move to third base by hitting a ball to the right side of the infield.

Cindy Cosner got the big hit of the inning with two outs. She hit a Victor pitch through hole between shortstop and third base to score the Burros' first run of the game.

Burroughs added to the 1-0 lead in the third inning. Hanna Farmer doubled to start off the inning and Becca Bell walked a batter later.

Taylor Sherritt doubled on the first pitch of her at bat to score both Farmer and Bell to give the Burros a 3-0 lead at the end of three stanzas.

Cosner once again found her way on base in the fourth inning, which set up Aniessa Davis for the big hit of the inning.

With Cosner standing on second, Aniessa Davis drove an 0-1 pitch over the left-center field fence to give the Burros a 5-0 lead after four innings.

While the Burros were racking up runs, Becca Bell made sure Victor wouldn't get on the board.

Page 2 of 2 - Bell didn't allow a hit through the first four innings of the game. She allowed only two hits all together in the Burros' win.

"I'm glad my pitching was working," Bell said. "I was hitting my spots and the defense behind me played well. They made some tough plays and no one gave up on a chance to get an out."

The only two hits of the game against Bell came in the fifth inning. Victor loaded the bases in the fifth and got a big hit by Roselani Bloomfield. Her hit to the right-center gap scored two runs to give Victor its only scoring of the game.

Although the Jackrabbits cut the lead to 5-2, Burroughs put together its biggest inning of the game to finish with a 10-run win.

Placencia, Cosner, Aniessa Davis, Gaska, Farmer, Bell and Walters all scored in the inning with Walters' home run capping the decisive win.

"It feels great," BHS Coach Michele Lazaro said. "This is a really great team to coach. The girls kept getting better every day and have really grown a strong identity by being focused at practice and doing what they are supposed to do."

The Burros now wait for the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 Playoff seedings.

"We are finally DSL champions and our team came together today," Bell said. "It was shaky on Wednesday, but came out with one goal today. We weren't going to accept anything less."